Employees Social Media Privacy Laws

Employee Privacy Laws and Social Media in the Workplace

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1. Employment Discrimination and Employee Privacy. In the United States, various employment discrimination laws are in place to protect people in certain “classes” or groups from discrimination in the workplace.
2. Free Speech and Employee Privacy. In the United States, the first amendment to the Constitution states that the following rights belong to its citizens
3. Labor-Related Activities and Employee Privacy. A Sweeping Social Media Policy Can Be Unlawful. In the interest of protecting themselves, employers often create social media policies that are broad and sweeping.
4. Accounts, Passwords and Employee Privacy. If you think that, as an employer, you can insist on access to your employees’ social media accounts so you can monitor their behavior, think again.
5. Prohibition of Social Media Use and Employee Privacy. Many employers are concerned with the risks of employees using social media at work. These risks can include data or confidentiality breaches, social engineering, cyberattacks and time wasted as employees browse social networks on company time.
6. Monitoring Employees’ Social Media Use. Employee privacy laws often include rules on monitoring employees’ use of social media. These laws are written to protect an employee’s rights to privacy while balancing an employer’s need to monitor employee activities to protect the business from harm.
7. Regional Employee Privacy Laws. Employee privacy laws vary region to region, country by country. Companies that operate in multiple regions, countries or jurisdictions must be particularly vigilant of employee privacy laws that vary by region.

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The Law Regarding Employee Privacy in Social Media

4 hours ago The law has been codified as Labor Code 980. The new law prohibits employers from seeking from employees or applicants any usernames or passwords for their personal social media accounts. Likewise, the employer cannot require the employees or applicants to provide access to their personal social media in the employer’s presence.

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Whether Employers Like It or Not, Social Media Privacy

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1. In 2012, a number of state legislatures either proposed or passed measures that explicitly protect employee privacy in social media use and prohibit employers from requesting or requiring that employees provide their social media passwords and account information. Earlier in the year, California, Illinois, and Maryland enacted such laws. The Maryland law took effect in October 2012. The Illinois and California laws took effect January 1, 2013. In November 2012, the New JerseySenate passed such a measure, which should soon be signed by Governor Chris Christie. Various other measures seeking to protect social media privacy have been proposed by legislators in Massachusetts, Missouri, Ohio, and South Carolina. On December 28, 2012, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed the Internet Privacy Protection Act, which specifically bans employers from requesting or requiring that employees or applicants grant access to, allow observation of or disclose information that allows access to or obser...

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